USPTO Patents Application 09870801

Supplemental IDS, filed June 10, 2005

PATENT
Customer No. 22,852
Attorney Docket No. 07451 .0001-18
Intertrust Ref. No. IT-5.2.1.1 (US)

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Rebecca MrWhitelock

Confirmation No.: 9392
Group Art Unit: 2132
Examiner: Justin T. DARROW

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

In re Application of:
GINTER et al.

Application No.: 09/870,801

Filed: July 1,2001

~ For: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR
SECURE TRANSACTION
MANAGEMENT AND
ELECTRONIC RIGHTS
PROTECTION

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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
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Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 1 .56 and 1 .97(c), Applicants bring to the attention of the
Examiner the documents on the attached listing. This Information Disclosure Statement
is being filed after the events recited in Section 1 .97(b) but, to the undersigned's
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06/15/2005 FFANAIA2 00000027 060916 09870801
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Supplemental IDS, filed June 10, 2005 PATENT

Customer No. 22,852
Attorney Docket No. 07451 .0001-18
Intertrust Ref. No. IT-5.2.1.1 (US)

Statement is accompanied by authorization to charge the fee of $180.00 as specified by
Section 1.17(p), to Deposit Account No. 06-0916.

Each document listed in this Information Disclosure Statement was first cited in a
communication from the Japanese Patent Office in a counterpart foreign application.

Copies of the listed foreign and non-patent literature documents are attached.
English language translations, summaries or abstracts of most of the non-English
documents are attached to each respective reference. Additionally, no English
language translations or abstracts are available for two of the cited references, C1 and
C6 on the attached form PTO/SB/08. In lieu of a statement of relevance or translation
of the these references, English language versions of two office actions from the
Japanese Patent Office in two of the corresponding applications citing these references
and setting forth the relevance thereof are enclosed.

Applicants respectfully request that the Examiner consider the listed documents
and indicate that they were considered by making appropriate notations on the attached
form.

This submission does not represent that a search has been made or that no
better art exists and does not constitute an admission that each or all of the listed
documents are material or constitute "prior art." If the Examiner applies any of the
documents as prior art against any claims in the application and Applicants determine
that the cited documents do not constitute "prior art" under United States law,
Applicants reserve the right to present to the office the relevant facts and law regarding
the appropriate status of such documents.

Supplemental IDS, filed June 10, 2005

PATENT
Customer No. 22,852
Attorney Docket No. 07451.0001-18
Intertrust Ref. No. IT-5.2.1.1 (US)

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patentability of the disclosed invention over the listed documents, should one or more of
the documents be applied against the claims of the present application.

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grant any extensions of time required to enter this Information Disclosure Statement and
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Finnegan Henderson Farabow

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Respectfully submitted,

FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.

Dated: June 10, 2005

Andrew B£/Schwaab
Reg. No. 38,611

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IDS Form PTO/SB/08: Substitute for form 1449A/PTO

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
— STATEMENT BY APPLICANT

^ (Use as many sheets as necessary)

Complete if Known

Application Number

09/870,801

Filing Date

July 1,2001

First Named Inventor

GINTER et al.

Art Unit

2132

Examiner Name

Justin T. DARROW

Shee3\ 1 | of | 2

Attorney Docket Number

07451.0001-18000

JUN 1 0 2005 m

• Note: Sgpmission of copies of U.S. Patents and published U.S. Patent Applications is not required.

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7 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

1 nitisis

Cite
No. 1

Foreign Patent Document
Country Code 1 Number 2 Kind Code 3 (if known)

Publication Date
MM-DD-YYYY

Name of Patentee or
Applicant of Cited Document

Pages, Columns, Lines,
Where Relevant Passages
or Relevant Figures
Appear

Translation 4

JP 01 248891 A

10-04-1989

Abstract
only

JP 01 296363 A

11-29-1989

Abstract
only

JP01 68853 A

03-14-1989

Abstract
only

JP 04 117548 A

04-17-1992

Abstract
only

JP 04 504794

08-20-1992

Abstract
only

JP 05 173892 A

07-13-1993

Abstract
only

JP05 258463 A

10-08-1993

Abstract
only

JP 06 152585 A

05-31-1994

Abstract
only

JP06161719A

06-10-1994

Abstract
only

JP 06 250924

09-09-1994

Abstract
only

JP06 501120

01-27-1994

Abstract
only

JP 07 319681 A

12-08-1995

Abstract
only

JP61 121 145 A

06-09-1986

Abstract
only

JP 63 129564 A

06-01-1988

Abstract
only

JP 63 289646 A

11-28-1988

Abstract
only

NON PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS

Examiner
Initials'

Cite
No. 1

Include name of the author (in CAPITAL LETTERS), title of the article (when appropriate), title of the item
(book, magazine, journal, serial, symposium, catalog, etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue number(s),
publisher, city and/or country where published.

Translation 6

C1

"Information Society Facing a Turning Point, Information Flood, How to Stand Against Flood of Copies,"
Nikkei Byte, 92:316-319, 1991.

Unavailable

C2

GARRETT et al., Toward an electronic Copyright Management System," J. of the Amer. Soc. for Info.,
44(8):468-473, 1993.

Yes

C3

KOZUKA et al., "Electronic Magazine Editing Software for 300," National Technical Report, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., 40(6):88-97, 1994.

Abstract only

C4

ROZENBLIT, Moshe, "Secure Software Distribution," IEEE Network Operations and Management
Symposium, 2:486-496, 1994.

Yes

C5

SEKI et al., "A Proposal for New Software Distribution System Using a Secret Code," Research Report of
Information Processing Societies, 93(64): 19-28, 1993.

Abstract only

IDS Form PTO/SB/08: Substitute for form 1449A/PTO

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE
"S~>vSTATEMENT BY APPLICANT

(Use as many s/reefs as necessary)

Complete if Known

Application Number

09/870,801

Filing Date

July 1,2001

First Named Inventor

G INTER et al.

Art Unit

2132

Examiner Name

Justin T. DARROW

Sheet%\ 2 of | 2

Attorney Docket Number

07451.0001-18000

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NON PATENT LITERATURE DOCUMENTS

C6

TERADA, Minoru, "Exhausting Software," bit, Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd,, 26(10):12-18, 1994.

Unavailable

C7

TORN et al., "System Architecture for Super Distribution Technical Research Report of Institute of
Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 94(240):59-66, 1994.

Abstract only

C8

UEKI et al., "Accounting Processing in Right Management Mechanism for Super Distribution Study Report
of Information Processing Societies, 90(1): 1-10, 1990.

Abstract only

Examiner

Date

Signature

Considered

EXAMINER: Initial if reference considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609. Draw line through
citation if not in conformance and not considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to applicant.